Problem: At a basketball game, members of the Spirit Club use a t-shirt cannon to launch team t-shirts to spectators in the stands. The equation below describes the height, h, of the t-shirt, t seconds after it is shot from the cannon c feet above the ground, at an initial velocity of v.
H= -16t 2 +vt + c
Question:
Question 1: Solve the equation for initial velocity, v
Question 2: The cannon launched a t-shirt from an initial height of 5 feet. After 3 seconds the shirt has reached a height of 131 feet. Use your equation from #1 to find the initial velocity of the t-shirt
Question 3: What does the equation from #1 tell you about the value of the velocity, v, when t=0